Review Article
Current Perspectives in Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapies for Osteoarthritis
Figure 2
Three different ways in which MSCs can be recruited for articular cartilage repair. (a) Direct intra-articular injections of MSCs in suspensions, (b) surgical implantations of cell sheets or matrixes, and (c) microfracture; drilling into the bone directly recruiting MSCs from the underlying bone marrow.